Carboy-packer.



Patented Oct. l5, l90l.

No. 634,5l0.

G. 0. K. HALLGREN.

GARBUY PADKER.

(Application filed May 4, 1901. (No Model.)

WITNESSES /N VE N T0}? ma ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

CHARLES O. K. I'IALLGREN, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

CARBOY-PACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,510, dated October15, 1901. Application filed May 4, 1901. Serial No. 58,800. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. K. HALL- GREN, a citizen of Sweden,residing at Bayonne, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oarboy-Packers,of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for packing carboys; and its noveltyconsists in the construction and adaptation of the parts, as will bemore fully hereinafter pointed out.

As is well known, carboys, especially those containing acid, are packedfor transportation usually in square boxes, each side of which issomewhat longer than the horizontal diameter of the carboy, the neck ofthe bottle projecting through an aperture in the lid of the box and thecarboy being surrounded by straw or hay or some similar packing materialin order to lessen the shock imparted to it in its transportation. Thereis no difficulty, of course, in packing the hay or straw around thecarboy at those places which are readily within the reach of the packer,but there is difficulty in stuffing and packing between the lowercorners of the box and the lower part of the body of the carboy, whereits diameter graduallylessens. Itisnotunusualforpackers to use a stickor a rod to reach down past the sides of the carboy for the purpose ofstufiin g the hay orstraw underneath the same, but this is inefficientin practice and frequently results in breaking the carboy itself.

The object of my invention is to provide an efficient meansforaccomplishing this purpose.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation and partial section of anapparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the samewith the box and carboy removed; and Fig. 3 is an end view of theapparatus shown in Fig. 1 looking to the left, the packing'box andcarboy also being rcmoved.

In the drawings, a is a platform upon which is mounted my packingdevice. At one end of it is suitably erected a standards, provided witha bracket 3, on the outer extremity of which is journaled the lever Z ofthe packing-fork f. The standard is also provided with a second bracket5', extending over the plat form and provided at its outer extrem itywith a threaded aperture adapted to receive the threaded handle h of acentering device 0, which consists of a conical block in the shape of acork, secured at the lower end of the handle 7t and adapted to fit intothe mouth of the carboy b. The platform Ct is provided with a recessedstep or, adapted to receive a pivot a, secured to and depending from aplatform p upon which the box (I, in which the carboy is to be packed,is mounted. This platform 13 is supplied underneath with wheels orcasters 1), which permit its easy revolution, and also cleats p,adjust-ably secured by means of the thumb-nuts e and adapted to receiveand retain in place the box d. The lever Z is made into two parts Z andZ,

' permitting it to pass on each side of the standard s and bracket 8,and at one extremity is provided with a counterweight f and at the otherwith a handle g. Near the handle g there is swung from the lever Z thefork f. This consists of a broad blade having a con cave inner surfaceand provided at its lower extremity with indentations f" to increase itsefiiciency in manipulating the packing material.

The manner of using my device is as follows: The box d to be packed isplaced upon the platform 0, so that its corners fit into the corners ofthe cleats p. This is easily ac complished, as the boxes designed tocontain the carboys are of a practically uniform size. A layer of hay orstraw is then placed at the bottom of the box, the carboy is inserted,and is so placed that its mouth is immediately under the centeringdevice, when the handle is turned until the conical block is fixedtightly in the bottle and holds the carboy in place. The operatorgrasping the handle g places a quantity of straw or hay or other packingmaterial in the corner of the box between the carboy and its side, liftsup the lever Z to permit this to be done, and then brings down thelever, and with it the fork f, which forces the packing material pastthe bulge in the body of the carboy and into the lowermost corner of thebox. A few quick strokes sufiice to finish this operation. The operatorremaining in the same position then rotates the platform 19 untilanother corner of the box is brought in front of him, when the operationis repeated, and this same operation is repeated with the other corners.The packed carboys are then removed from the platform, and the box' isready to be filled and the lids to be placed on.

As will readily be seen from the foregoing description, the workmanspeedily becomes skilled in the handling of the boxes by means of thisapparatus and loses no time in moving from place to place orinattempting to force the packing material around the carboy, the forkfreadily passing the bulge of the body of the carboy and reaching intoplaces which the operator could not reach otherwise.

IIaving described my invention, What I claim as new is- 1. In amechanical packer for carboys and the like, a box for containing thecarboy leaving a space around the carboy, a lever pivoted to a suitablesupport, and a curved fork hung from said lever to oscillate verticallyin the space between the carboy and the' box, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a mechanical packer for carboys and the like, a support, a boxmounted thereon, a device for centering the carboy in the box leaving aspace surrounding the carboy, and a curved fork mounted to be oscillatedvertically in the space between the carboy and the inner surface of thebox, substantially as described.

3. In a device for the purpose described, the combination with theplatform, of a stan dard provided with a centering device for' thecarboy, a fork adapted to be vibrated between the Carboy and the innersurface of the box and means for rotating the boX.

Witness my hand this 1st day of May, 1901, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES vO. K. HALLGREN.

W'ituesses:

HERMAN MEYER, MABEL K. WHITMAN.

